The Hungarian Grand Prix organisers marked the 25th anniversary of their first F1 race this weekend.

They put on a lavish ceremony attended by F1’s top drivers, Formula One Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone and the new Hungarian President P?â?íl Schmitt.

The video below from Hungarian news site index.hu shows some highlights from the event including an amusing exchange between Schmitt and Ecclestone – the F1 boss asking whether a 1,000-year-old crown he was shown had been “made in China”.

Fortunately the Hungarian president seemed to take the joke in the manner it was intended.

Earlier Schmitt thanked Ecclestone for arranging the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 1986, when Hungary was still part of the Eastern Bloc:

I would like to express my distinguished gratitude to Mr Bernie Ecclestone who decided around 30 years ago he would have a race in one of the former socialist countries.P?â?íl Schmitt

Haha, yeah, 1000 years ago there were actually things that werent made in China :P
But most funny were all the drivers looking soo scared and saying to the cameras (again) things like “this is one of the best circuits in the calendar” :\ They all know its not the best, or even one of the bast, but they also know Hungarian GP was quite important here in Central Europe. Take a look at Lewis saying it, and looking like a kid trying to lie and knowing deep inside everyone knows he’s bluffing :D

That’s not entirely true as Webber called valencia a tesco carpark last year when he was actually at the circuit.

I think this is a track the drivers enjoy more than the fans. There may not be a lot of action but it’s corner after corner with mostly a nice flow to it. There will be some PR to it there nearly always is but I think the drivers do generally enjoy this track.

He was lucky. Remember last time how the Jewish community responded to his Hitler quotes? And his remarks about women ‘being household objects’? He was really lucky the PRESIDENT of Hungary wasn’t offended.